Shannon Jamtgaard

Global, privately held biotechnology company manufacturing over 500 specialty ingredients across various industries, including human and animal health, pet food, and biofuels, with operations in 90 countries and manufacturing facilities worldwide

• Championed a culture of continuous learning within the talent acquisition team, advocating for professional development opportunities and fostering a growth mindset among team members.
• Managed a team of recruiters to deliver timely results while maintaining a high level of customer service for both candidates and hiring managers.
• Led the standardization of Talent Acquisition processes across global operations, ensuring consistency and implementing best practices.
• Developed strong relationships with hiring managers to better understand their needs and successfully fill vacancies in a timely manner.
• Negotiated favorable compensation packages for new hires, ensuring company remained an attractive employer of choice.
• Conducted thorough candidate screenings, resulting in higher quality interviews and placements.
• Streamlined the hiring process, introducing efficient candidate tracking systems and communication tools for improved collaboration among team members.

Key Accomplishments:

• Built and developed organization's first Talent Acquisition team
• Introduced and administered automated offer letter process
• Implemented Equfiax I9 Management, spearheaded initiative to digitize Form I9s, converting paper Form I9’s and proceeding with online form management
• Created and administered the team SharePoint site; converted recruiting files to digital
• Negotiated two LinkedIn Enterprise renewals, resulting in more than $200,000 savings

One of the world’s largest insurance and financial services companies, focusing on domestic property and casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement savings, asset management, and strategic investments

• Began as a contracted Senior Recruiter before being hired on full-time as a Specialist
• Monitor and ensure all Form I9 activity is done accurately and completely, maintaining 99.3% accuracy and timeliness
• Perform biannual requisition audits; review random selection of requisitions to ensure that recruitment processes have met compliance requirements in the areas of: candidate application, offer letters, background checks and declinations
• Oversee all Pay to Play processes
• Trained all new hires and existing team on compliance processes and updates
• Led Continuous Improvement Team composed of Talent Acquisition managers, recruiters and coordinators

Key Accomplishments:

• Created an updated Pay to Play process, eliminating risk of non-compliant candidate records; created presentation and visual aids to increase adoption of new process; rolled out process and provided training to entire Talent Acquisition organization
• Offer Letter Generation: created process documentation and co-trained teams on leveraging PeopleSoft applicant tracking system to automate offer letter generation and eliminate extra steps in our job offer process

Cloud-based software provider of a platform used by businesses and government agencies to connect data, documents, and teams for reporting and compliance

• Managed recruitment team comprised of three full-cycle recruiters and two coordinators responsible for enterprise-wide Technical, Financial and General & Administrative recruitment needs
• Provided recruiting and procedural support to University and Sales recruitment
• Maintained applicant tracking system Jobvite, updating necessary forms and templates as well as creating recruiting workflow to incorporate our processes

Key Accomplishments:

• Developed an interviewing training program for hiring manager company-wide, delivering the training in person as well as providing online resources
• Created Vendor Partnership Program designed to manage third party vendor relationship; program focused on ensuring all vendor contracts met our teams and were legally enforced as well as providing guidance for our hiring managers while still allowing them the autonomy to manage business relationships with their preferred vendors

World’s first and largest specialized financial recruitment service helping companies hire highly skilled accounting and finance staff and assisting professionals in finding rewarding career opportunities

• Recruited, evaluated and placed finance and accounting professionals in both contract and direct hire opportunities
• Introduced staffing services to prospective clients and existing client relationships through phone calls, social media and in-person meetings
• Delivered outstanding customer service to both clients and candidates